Toy.



P. J. BERTUCCI.

TOY.

Patented Jan. l5, 1918.

PETERJ'. vBIE RCU'CCL 0F CLIFFSIDE, NEW JERSEY.

Appuc'tin med April 19,1917.

lo all ltolto/nt t may concern y Be it known that 1,' Pn'rnn'J. BERTUCCI, a

. citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Cliffside, in `the county of Bergen and StateofNew Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Toy, of which the following y is a full, clear, and exact description.`

Among the principal objects which the present inventionilias in View are: t0 afford amusement and exercise to a person using the toy herein disclosed; to afford means for ascertaining the status of a contest when playing a game using the toy herein disclosed; to increase the skill of a player of a game employing the toy; and to providea iiying devicewhich when properly handled does not bound.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a racket constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a missile constructed in accordance with the present invention g Fig. 3 is a face view of a racket as shown in Fig. 1, the game counters thereon being shown as set at zero or the starting position;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the missile shown in Fig. 2, the section being taken as on the median line thereof.

Description As seen in the drawings, the missile 9 is shaped as a disk and has in the under side a recess 10. Extended from the upper periphery of the missile is a series of feathers 11. The feathers 11 operate to partially suspend the missile 9 when falling through the air and to maintain the missile in an upright position While so falling.

The racket 12 is constructed of thin nonrcsilient material and has a flat surface adapted to fit the annular edge 13 of the missile 9 to close the entrance to the space or pocket formed of the recess 10. When the racket is disposed to properly receive the missile 9, the air is partially driven from the recess 10 immediately prior to and at the time of the missile striking the surface of the racket. A slight rarefaction of the air in the recess 10 is thereby produced Which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.. 15, 1918. lserial No. 163,096.

operates as a sucker to form a slight but positive attachment between the missilcand racket.

On the surface of the racketl).L and preferably adjacent the handle lithereof are counters 15 and 16. Thecounters 15 and 16 are each supplied witha pointer 17. The pointers 17 are pivotally mounted on the racket 12 and concentric with thel counters 15 and 16 by means of pins 18. The friction between the surfaces of ine racket and pointers 17 is sufficient to hold the pointers stationary when either of the contestants using the racket is playing.

. With a racket and missile constructed as disclosed, the game is played as follows: The pointers 17 are initially disposed at the zero point as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. One of the contestants is provided with a racket 12. The missile 9 is placed thereon and is tossed in the air by the contestant using the racket to a sufficient height according to the rules or provisions of the game or contest. When the missile falls the contestant catches the same, exercising care or skill to receive the missile in parallel relation to the' face of the racket.

The missile is again and again tossed in the air and caught, count being kept of the total number of successful catches. This is continued until by chance or awkwardness the missile is permitted to strike unevenly on the racket in which case it will fall there from interrupting the continuation of the play The pointer 17 on one of the markers 15 and 16, as the case may bc, is moved to show the total number of successful operations by the contestant surrendering the racket.

The second contestant then puts the mis sile in play and endeavors to excel in number the successful tosses and catches previously accorded to the opposite contesta-nt. Then the second contestant fails, his count is accorded on the remaining counter, and the game proceeds by turning the racket over to the iirst operating contestant who resumes and adds to the total of his count. By a pre-arrangement the gaine is won by the person first acquiring a certain number of successful tosses and catches.

As distinguished from games of somewhat Claim-s l. A toy comprising a disk-like missile having a recess in the under side thereof;

meansattaclied to `the opposite side ofsa'id missile for retarding the fall of said missile through the air; and a yflat-'surfaced 'instrument for catching said missile.

2. A toy comprising a flatsurfaced racket; a. disk-like missile; means for controlling and guiding ithe 'fall of said missile Vthroir'gh the air; and means for causing said ymissile to adhere to said racket when dropped thereupon.

v3. A toy comprising a Hat-surfaced racket; a disk-like missile; means for controlling and guiding the fall 'of said missile through theair; and means for causing said missile to adhere to said racket when fdropped thereupon7 said means embodying a hollow recess in the striking side of said missile.

4. A toy comprising a Y flat-surfaced i'aket ;f a disliflike; missile; means; for controlling and guiding theffa'll of said missile through the air; means for causing said missile toi-...adhere titoA said racket when .trollingandi guiding the-'fall of said missile through theair means for causing saidmissile toadliere yto said racket when1 dropped thereupon, said' lmeans Aeijiiloodying a hollow recessfin the striking side of' s aidniissile;

' and visible. meansmounted on.` said racket 't'or indicating thestatus of the play of the person operating 'the toy, said means emvbodying a pluralityy of *ca'lilo'rated dials and movable .pointers adapted4 to register with I the calibrations on said'dials.

'PETER J."BERTUCGI.

Copies of this lpai'ceii'c may be obtained forvye cents'eae'h,` by laJddrressingi the Commissioner 'of' lllatenti,

Washington', D. C. 

